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discord.js - Imagine ❄•6mo ago
Jake

Bot refuses to send messages because of missing access.

Stack trace: 
DiscordAPIError[50001]: Missing Access
    at handleErrors (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:730:13)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async SequentialHandler.runRequest (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1133:23)
    at async SequentialHandler.queueRequest (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:963:14)
    at async _REST.request (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1278:22)
    at async TextChannel.send (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/discord.js/src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js:177:15)
    at async publishRules (/home/jake/finnbot/src/commands/admin/rule.js:113:2)
    at async Object.execute (/home/jake/finnbot/src/commands/admin/rule.js:220:5)
    at async Object.execute (/home/jake/finnbot/src/events/interactionCreate.js:47:5) {
  requestBody: {
    files: [ [Object] ],
    json: {
      content: undefined,
      tts: false,
      nonce: undefined,
      enforce_nonce: false,
      embeds: [Array],
      components: undefined,
      username: undefined,
      avatar_url: undefined,
      allowed_mentions: undefined,
      flags: undefined,
      message_reference: undefined,
      attachments: [Array],
      sticker_ids: undefined,
      thread_name: undefined,
      applied_tags: undefined,
      poll: undefined
    }
  },
  rawError: { message: 'Missing Access', code: 50001 },
  code: 50001,
  status: 403,
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/1267120761483821057/messages'
}
DiscordAPIError[50001]: Missing Access
    at handleErrors (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:730:13)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async SequentialHandler.runRequest (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1133:23)
    at async SequentialHandler.queueRequest (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:963:14)
    at async _REST.request (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/@discordjs/rest/dist/index.js:1278:22)
    at async TextChannel.send (/home/jake/finnbot/node_modules/discord.js/src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js:177:15)
    at async publishRules (/home/jake/finnbot/src/commands/admin/rule.js:113:2)
    at async Object.execute (/home/jake/finnbot/src/commands/admin/rule.js:220:5)
    at async Object.execute (/home/jake/finnbot/src/events/interactionCreate.js:47:5) {
  requestBody: {
    files: [ [Object] ],
    json: {
      content: undefined,
      tts: false,
      nonce: undefined,
      enforce_nonce: false,
      embeds: [Array],
      components: undefined,
      username: undefined,
      avatar_url: undefined,
      allowed_mentions: undefined,
      flags: undefined,
      message_reference: undefined,
      attachments: [Array],
      sticker_ids: undefined,
      thread_name: undefined,
      applied_tags: undefined,
      poll: undefined
    }
  },
  rawError: { message: 'Missing Access', code: 50001 },
  code: 50001,
  status: 403,
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/1267120761483821057/messages'
}
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d.js toolkit
d.js toolkit•6mo ago
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Jake
JakeOP•6mo ago
Code 
sync function publishRules(interaction) {
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const files = {
        config: path.join(process.env.APP_ROOT, 'data/config.yml'),
        header: path.join(process.env.APP_ROOT, 'img/rules.png'),
    }

    const configFile = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(files.config));
    const ruleChannelID = configFile.rules.channelID;
    const channel = interaction.client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.id == ruleChannelID);

    const rules = await ServerRule.findAll();
    const embeds = rules.map(rule => {
        return new EmbedBuilder()
            .setTitle(`Rule ${rule.id}. - ${rule.title}`)
            .setColor(Colour.PINK)
            .setDescription(rule.description)
    });

    const sliceSize = 5;
    await channel.send({ 
        files: [{ attachment: files.header, }],
        embeds: embeds.slice(0, sliceSize), 
    });

    for (let i = sliceSize; i < embeds.length; i += sliceSize) {
        await channel.send({ embeds: embeds.slice(i, i + sliceSize) });
    }

    await channel.send(`These rules are effective from ${new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-us')}.`)
    
    await interaction.editReply('Replies have been published in the rules channel. You should delete the old rules.');
}
sync function publishRules(interaction) {
    await interaction.deferReply();
    const files = {
        config: path.join(process.env.APP_ROOT, 'data/config.yml'),
        header: path.join(process.env.APP_ROOT, 'img/rules.png'),
    }

    const configFile = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(files.config));
    const ruleChannelID = configFile.rules.channelID;
    const channel = interaction.client.channels.cache.find(channel => channel.id == ruleChannelID);

    const rules = await ServerRule.findAll();
    const embeds = rules.map(rule => {
        return new EmbedBuilder()
            .setTitle(`Rule ${rule.id}. - ${rule.title}`)
            .setColor(Colour.PINK)
            .setDescription(rule.description)
    });

    const sliceSize = 5;
    await channel.send({ 
        files: [{ attachment: files.header, }],
        embeds: embeds.slice(0, sliceSize), 
    });

    for (let i = sliceSize; i < embeds.length; i += sliceSize) {
        await channel.send({ embeds: embeds.slice(i, i + sliceSize) });
    }

    await channel.send(`These rules are effective from ${new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-us')}.`)
    
    await interaction.editReply('Replies have been published in the rules channel. You should delete the old rules.');
}
Bot has application.commands and bot scopes and has permission to send messages.
Jake
JakeOP•6mo ago
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d.js docs
d.js docs•6mo ago
:guide: Popular Topics: Permissions (extended) - Implicit permissions Causes for "Missing Access": read more
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Jake
JakeOP•6mo ago
It's fixed anyway now. Apparently needed to set explicit permission for the bot in the channel despite it having implied 'full' access to the channel.
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Jake
JakeOP•6mo ago
Yeah I can only assume it was because this was set to / instead of ✓
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Jake
JakeOP•6mo ago
That stack trace is confusing as hell lol. But yeah all sorted now. Thanks.
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d.js docs
d.js docs•6mo ago
:guide: Popular Topics: Permissions (extended) - Implicit permissions Causes for "Missing Access": read more

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